Starting lineup for the Hellman’s 500 at Talladega

Starting lineup for Hellman's 500 at Talladega

The field at Talladega Superspeedway is set for the Hellman’s 500, the third and final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Round of 12. After this race, the Chase field will be cut from 12 drivers to eight. Here’s how all 40 starters will line up for Sunday’s race.

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1

Martin Truex, Jr.

Although he’s having the best season of his career, Truex still has never won a restrictor-plate race.And he had front-end parts seized during pre-qualifying inspection.

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2

Brad Keselowski

Keselowski has won the last two restrictor-plate races and has the best plate-track winning percentage of any NASCAR driver in history.

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3

Matt Kenseth

The last driver to win a title before NASCAR came up with the idea for the Chase, Kenseth is one of the best restrictor-plate racers in the sport.

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4

Chase Elliott

It’s go-or-go-home time for the rookie Elliott, who pretty much needs to win on Sunday or get booted out of the Chase.

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5

Greg Biffle

It's uncertain how much longer Biffle will keep racing, but he did post the fastest lap in the opening practice session on Friday.

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6

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

Ricky Stenhouse is still looking for his first Sprint Cup victory and Talladega is a track where he might find it. His best finish was third in May 2013.

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7

Kurt Busch

Four times, Kurt Busch has finished second at Talladega. But in 62 career restrictor-plate races, he’s winless.

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8

Denny Hamlin

Hamlin is hoping for better luck than he had here last year, when a faulty roof hatch led to a 37th place finish that knocked him out of the Chase.

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9

Austin Dillon

Still looking for his first career Cup race victory, Dillon is in danger of getting knocked out of the Chase on Sunday.

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10

Paul Menard

Menard has finished sixth or better in four of his last six starts at 'Dega.

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11

Trevor Bayne

Bayne finished 10th in the spring race. He'll look for another solid performance on Sunday.

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12

Reed Sorenson

Sorenson hasn't raced at this track in two years. His career-best finish was 10th back in 2007.

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13

Carl Edwards

During practice on Friday, Edwards complained of vibrations in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. He is 0-48 in restrictor-plate races. Edwards barely missed making the second round of qualifying.

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14

Kyle Busch

Two years ago, Busch came to Talladega second in points. And despite running around in the back all day, he still got crashed out of the race and the Chase. Despite troubles getting through inspection, Busch qualified well.

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15

Ryan Blaney

In four Talladega Cup starts, Blaney has one top five and two top 10s. He’s a sleeper to watch on Sunday.

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16

Joey Logano

Last year, Logano swept the Round of 12, but this year he’s right on the cut off line and has no margin for error. Both Logano and Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski are in danger of being knocked out of the Chase.

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17

Jimmie Johnson

Thanks to a victory at Charlotte, Johnson is locked into the Round of 8 no matter what happens on Sunday. He’s going to try to help teammate Chase Elliott advance.

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18

Ryan Reed

Reed makes his Sprint Cup debut in the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. It was recently announced that Reed has signed a multi-year deal with Roush Fenway.

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19

Alex Bowman

The No. 88 Chevrolet is always fast at 'Dega, but that's usually because Dale Jr. is driving it. Alex Bowman looks to live up to the hype.

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20

Ryan Newman

When he drove for Team Penske, Newman won the 2008 Daytona 500, but so far at Talladega, he’s winless.

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21

Tony Stewart

This is Stewart’s final Talladega race, which is too bad because he’s pretty good here. Stewart is someone who could win on Sunday.

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22

Kevin Harvick

A big late-race charge to victory at Kansas last week locked Harvick into the Round of 8. He doesn’t have to sweat on Sunday. It doesn’t matter where Harvick qualifies in a restrictor-plate race. He’ll be fast when they drop the rag.

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23

Jamie McMurray

Two of McMurray’s career seven Cup race victories have come right here. Don’t count him out on Sunday.

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24

Kyle Larson

Larson finished in the top 10 in both Daytona races this season, but was 29th in the first Talladega race.

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25

Brian Scott

Scott has never appeared in the fall race at Talladega, though he did hold the pole in 2014 when he was racing the No. 33 Chevrolet for Circle Sport.

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26

Aric Almirola

Almirola ranks 27th in the points standings and that's the spot he finished at Talladega in May.

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27

Kasey Kahne

It’s a shame Kahne missed the Chase, because he’s run exceptionally well in the last seven races or so

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28

Casey Mears

Casey Mears ranks 28th in the standings and finished 33rd at Talladega in the spring race.

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29

Regan Smith

Regan Smith's career-best finish is fifth at 'Dega. In his last start in May, he finished 32nd.

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30

Danica Patrick

Danica has never finished better than 19th at Talladega. She'll try to top that on Sunday.

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31

Landon Cassill

Cassill posted his best career finish in this race in 2014 when he placed fourth. He's also finished 11th, twice, at 'Dega.

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32

AJ Allmendinger

Allmendinger's best finish at Talladega came in the spring race in 2014 when he finished fifth. Anything can happen at the 2.66-mile superspeedway.

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33

Chris Buescher

Whoa. In the first three restrictor-plate races of the year, Buescher finished 39th, 37th and 40th. The good news? Lots of room for improvement.

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34

Michael McDowell

McDowell finished 21st at Talladega in May. He'll look to improve on that on Sunday.

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35

Matt DiBenedetto

DiBenedetto makes his fourth career start at Talladega on Sunday.

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36

Clint Bowyer

Bowyer has his eyes on 2017 when he'll get in the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. Anyone can win at Talladega, though.

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37

Michael Annett

Annett makes his fifth career start at Talladega on Sunday.

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38

Bobby Labonte

Sunday will make Bobby Labonte's 46th career start at Talladega Superspeedway.